Thursday 19th March 2026

Culture

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.
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How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.
Culture Ruaridh McEwen -

Translating Oxford into Urdu

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, nor have I actively pursued learning the language, but as someone who finds solace in reading shayari (Urdu poetry), I wanted to follow it even in Oxford.
Books Manya Singh -

Stitching the world together: GFC’s London Fashion Week show

A few weeks ago we, the Cherwell fashion editors, were lucky enough to be extended an invite by the Global Fashion Collective to their London Fashion Week show.
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Photos submitted by Jessica Voicu, Catrin Haberfield and Andrew Wood. Keep an eye out for the next competition!

Time Tunnel: Edward II

Susannah Goldsbrough delves into the archive to discuss Marlowe’s Edward II

Writing winter from Shakespeare to Selvon

Ellie Duncan surveys the representation of winter in literature through the ages

Through the Looking Glass: The ‘modesty’ of Alan Bennett’s Oxford

Susie Finlay explores the relationship between Alan Bennett's political views and his time at Oxford

Remembering the King of Soul

Jeannie Stanley ruminates on the timeless power of Sam Cooke

Zoom In: the Hollywood sign

The recent rearrangement of the world's most famous sign is just the latest in a long and varied history

Spotlight: Basic Space

Natalia Bus delights in the Oxford duo's relaxing sound

Review: Silence

Surya Bowyer is impressed by Scorsese's latest cinematic venture, a long and taxing, yet beautifully moving work

‘The Prize most poets want to win’

Katie Mennis celebrates the strength and variety of the 2016 T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist

Single of the week: Ed Sheeran’s ‘Castle on the Hill’

Will Cowie predicts big things for Ed Sheeran in 2017

The richness of the materiality of books

Altair Brandon-Salmon discusses the importance of books as aesthetic objects

The connoisseur’s guide to 2017 in music

Will Cowie looks ahead to what’s shaping up to be a year of unlikely pop music comebacks

How to pass collections via the medium of film

Whether you study English or Engineering, Tesni Jones suggests a film for you to combine revising with relaxing

On the look-out: Hilary 2017 in art

Cherwell Visuals brings you this term's calendar of top exhibitions and events not to miss

Brutalist Russia and Bowie: Marlowe’s Edward II reimagined

Alex Barasch talks to the cast and crew of this radical new take on Marlowe’s masterpiece

Math rock for everyone

Dom Saad marries together maths and music in his exploration of the formidable arithmetic delights of the Oxford-based TTNG

Review: The V&A’s ‘Records and Rebels, 1966-70’

Timothy Drummond is transported back to the era of psychedelic freedom, as, despite the exhibition's many flaws, 1960s culture continues to entrance and beguile

A fresher’s first forays into Oxford theatre

Christopher Goring reveals his first experiences in the Oxford drama scene

Review: ‘Living With The Lights On’

Izzy Smith is gripped by a play that shines a light on a dark illness

Review: ‘Moana’

Tesni Jones is impressed with this well-researched and heartwarming addition to the Disney Princesses
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